Press Releases

1. On the sidelines of the 2014 meeting of heads of overseas diplomatic missions of the Republic of Korea, the heads of the diplomatic missions stationed in 18 African countries south of the Sahara Desert will hold a working breakfast with the National Assembly’s forum for a new ...

The Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced to sign a ‘Voluntary
agreement to reduce the use of disposable items at funeral hall and promote
recycling’ with major funeral halls in Seoul on March 31.
The agreement is a follow-up for Act on the Promotion of
Saving ...

1. On the sidelines of the 2014 meeting of heads of overseas diplomatic missions of the Republic of Korea, a working luncheon for the diplomats took place on March 31, hosted by Prime Minister Chung Hong-won. The luncheon was arranged for the officials to discuss ways to review t...

1. A session on “diplomacy for peaceful reunification” took place on March 31 as part of the ongoing 2014 meeting of heads of overseas diplomatic missions of the Republic of Korea. The session consisted of a lecture by Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae and four small-group discu...

1. The ROK Government expresses grave concern on the statement by the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs claiming that “it would not rule out a new form of nuclear test for bolstering up its nuclear deterrence,” which was issued following a series of missile launches in the...

1. In a television program on March 29, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, who speaks on behalf of the Japanese government, repeated remarks belittling Korean patriot Ahn Jung-geun and even made judging comments on the summit meeting between its neighboring countries. This is a mov...

1. At its 25th session on March 28, Swiss time, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on the human rights situation on North Korea, with thirty states voting in favor, six against and eleven abstaining. The government of the Republic of Korea co-sponsored the r...

1. The first meeting of the Joint Economic Committee between the Republic of Korea and Laos took place at the Laotian Foreign Ministry in Vientiane, Laos, on March 28. Director-General for Bilateral Economic Affairs Kim Seung-ho and Deputy Director-General for Economic Affairs Kh...

The Ministry of Environment (MOE) will join the global
campaign ‘Earth Hour 2014 (Earth Hour)’ on March 29 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
together with the Korean Secretariat of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Earth
Hour.
Earth Hour campaign first started in Sydney...

The
Ministry of Environment (MOE) established and announced the 3rd National
Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan on March 27 that presents policy
direction and action plans for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
for the next five years from 2014 to 2018.
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